And for extra fun this month, Faith has two images! You can choose one of them…”Candy Cane Anneke” or “For the Birds.” Each image comes with a bonus sentiment. You will have until the last day of the month to enter this challenge.

Friday, December 6, 2013

Hello and welcome to our holiday blog. We are celebrating Christmas and other winter holidays today. We hope you will take some time to hop along with us and enjoy all the projects. As usual there are prizes to be won!

As you hop along, please leave a comment on each entry. One random commenter will be selected on each blog to win the image that the designer used. And additionally, one commenter on the From the Heart Stamps blog will be selected to win a $5 gift voucher to the store!

Monday, December 2, 2013

Can you believe it's December already? I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving and got some awesome Black Friday deals :) I had my family over for the Thanksgiving day meal. I did a little (very little) Black Friday shopping, spent the weekend picking up the rest of the leaves in our yard, putting away stuff for winter and putting out the Christmas lights. WHEW...glad that's all done before it gets too bitterly cold here. Now just to finish the inside decorating :)

I decided to go with more 'traditional' colors seems how of late I haven't been. And I really like how this turned out!

Sketch045– This week’s shape is an A2 card, but feel free to adapt it to any shape or size.

Remember, have fun with it–flip it, turn it, embellish as you wish.

Use any stamp and supplies from any company.

Please include the sketch in your blog post.

Challenge Rule: When posting to your blog, please include the sketch in your post and link back to the FTHS post.

EVERYONE who enters will receive $1 to FromTheHeartStamps.com. Use it as a discount, or save them up to earn a free stamp. We will have a new sketch for you next week. Linky will close on Sunday at 10PM CST. Join us on Facebook and “Like” our page to see sneak peeks of the next sketch.

EVERYONE who enters will receive $1 to FromTheHeartStamps.com. Use it as a discount, or save them up to earn a free stamp. We will have a new sketch for you next week. Linky will close on Sunday at 10PM CST. Join us on Facebook and “Like” our page to see sneak peeks of the next sketch.

Don't forget ~ EVERYONE who enters will receive $1 to FromTheHeartStamps.com. Use it as a discount, or save them up to earn a free stamp. We will have a new sketch for you next week. Linky will close on Sunday at 10PM CST. Join us on Facebook and “Like” our page to see sneak peeks of the next sketch.

Monday, November 11, 2013

I went 'outside my comfort zone' in coloring this image. I love my Gamsol and colored pencils, but have a bunch of markers laying around that I just never seem to use. So, I thought I would give my Memento markers a try this time. The Gamsol is a little more forgiving in blending the colors - at least I think. I always seem to go 'too far' when coloring w/my markers. So I hope you like it :)

EVERYONE who enters will receive $1 to FromTheHeartStamps.com. Use it as a discount, or save them up to earn a free stamp. I’ll have a new sketch for you next week. Linky will close on Sunday at 10PM CST.

If you add your card to an online gallery, please tag it or use the keyword FTHSketch.

Challenge Rule: When posting to your blog, please include the sketch in your post and link back to FromTheHeartStamps.com.

EVERYONE who enters will receive $1 to FromTheHeartStamps.com. Use it as a discount, or save them up to earn a free stamp. We will have a new sketch for you next week. Linky will close on Sunday at 10PM CST. Join us on Facebook and “Like” our page to see sneak peeks of the next sketch.

Friday, November 1, 2013

As you hop along, please leave a comment on each entry. One random commenter will be selected on each blog to win the image that the designer used. And additionally, one commenter on the From the Heart Stamps blog will be selected to win a $5 gift voucher to the store!

We are also having a little word search today. As you stop on each blog collect the special letter they have for you. Put the letters together for a message. Everyone who figures out the message can use it as a code to receive 50% off of one image in the birthday section of the FTHS shop. The code will be good until Monday Nov. 4th at 6 am, EST.

I am hoping you can gueSS what my letter iS:)

If you have arrived from Lyn's blog, you are in the right place, if not why don’t you start on the From the Heart Stamps blog, so you don’t miss anything.

If you add your card to an online gallery, please tag it or use the keyword FTHSketch.

Challenge Rule: When posting to your blog, please include the sketch in your post and link back to this post.

EVERYONE who enters will receive $1 to FromTheHeartStamps.com. Use it as a discount, or save them up to earn a free stamp. We will have a new sketch for you next week. Linky will close on Sunday at 10PM CST. Join us on Facebook and “Like” our page to see sneak peeks of the next sketch!

Monday, October 21, 2013

As you can see - I decided to flip my sketch. I really like the versatility of being able to do it either way. I have been wanting to use the Birdbrain Ninja image for awhile now. So I finally got around to it!

If you add your card to an online gallery, please tag it or use the keyword FTHSketch.

Challenge Rule: When posting to your blog, please include the sketch in your post and link back to this post.

EVERYONE who enters will receive $1 to FromTheHeartStamps.com. Use it as a discount, or save them up to earn a free stamp. We’ll have a new sketch for you next week. Inky will close on Sunday at 10PM CDT. Join us on Facebook and “Like” our page to see sneak peeks of the next sketch.

I just LOVE these 3 lil' pumpkin!! Are they not adorable ? And I knew right away I wanted to use my new clear stamps that I bought with the Halloween sayings. It fits with the image perfectly!

Remember:

If you add your card to an online gallery, please tag it or use the keyword FTHSketch.

Challenge Rule: When posting to your blog, please include the sketch in your post and link back to the i {heart} sketches post.

EVERYONE who enters will receive $1 to FromTheHeartStamps.com. Use it as a discount, or save them up to earn a free stamp. We will have a new sketch for you next week. Linky will close on Sunday at 10PM CST. Join us on Facebook and “Like” our page to see sneak peeks of the next sketch.

As I noted in a previous post, I have ALOT of October birthdays! This one will be for my mother. I really like this image from Faith. Fall is the best time of the year!

I hope you can join us for the challenge!If you add your card to an online gallery, please tag it or use the keyword FTHSketch.

Challenge Rule: When posting to your blog, please include the sketch in your post and link back to this post.

EVERYONE who enters will receive $1 to FromTheHeartStamps.com. Use it as a discount, or save them up to earn a free stamp. We will have a new sketch for you next week. Linky will close on Sunday at 10PM CST. Join us on Facebook and “Like” our page to see sneak peeks of the next sketch.

Friday, October 4, 2013

Welcome to our From the Heart Stamps October blog hop. We are welcoming fall today as well as welcoming some new team members!

As you hop along, please leave a comment on each entry. One random commenter will be selected on each blog to win the image that the designer used. And additionally, one commenter on the From the Heart Stamps blog will be selected to win a $5 gift voucher to the store!

October is a VERY busy month for me with birthdays. I have 3 friends, my mother, my soon to be daughter-in-law, my oldest granddaughter and my own ~ WHEW! So it only seemed fitting to make a birthday card :)

Plus, it's fall and my favorite time of year, so I decided to use some fall colors.

I used FTHS "Anneke" and you can use her with and without a smile, so you can choose the image that suits your card making style best. I love her cute smile so I decided on that one.

If you add your card to an online gallery, please tag it or use the keyword FTHSketch.

Challenge Rule: When posting to your blog, please include the sketch in your post and link back to this post.

EVERYONE who enters will receive $1 to FromTheHeartStamps.com. Use it as a discount, or save them up to earn a free stamp. We will have a new sketch for you next week. Linky will close on Sunday at 10PM CST. Join us on Facebook and “Like” our page to see sneak peeks of the next sketch.

Monday, September 23, 2013

I used FTHS Seven Christmas Birds digi. I think this one is just so cute! The adorable lil' birds all sitting there together on a wire. My favorite one is the one with the ear muffs...he just makes me smile :)

EVERYONE who enters will receive $1 to FromTheHeartStamps.com. Use it as a discount, or save them up to earn a free stamp. We will have a new sketch for you next week. Linky will close on Sunday at 10PM CST. Join us on Facebook and “Like” our page to see sneak peeks of the next sketch.

For this challenge, I also used Faith's new September Stamp of the Month "Bobbing for Apples".If you played along in the challenge last month, you were emailed this image for FREE! If you missed out, you can still play along with the challenge by purchasing the image.

Fall for me is the best time of the year. Cooler temps and the brilliant colors - I just love fall!! Some time ago I bought the Nested Apples die at a local scrapbooking store for an amazing deal! I thought it went great with this image.

I hope you will join us for the Sketch 34 challenge this week. And grab the Bobbing Apples digi and join us for the September SOM image challenge as well. We can't wait to see what you create!!

Wednesday, September 4, 2013

Due to the Labor Day holiday, Faith has decided to extend the sketch challenge for another week. So you still have time to submit your take on her lovely sketch!!

Sketch032– This week’s shape is a square, but feel free to adapt it to any shape or size. Remember, have fun with it–flip it, turn it, embellish as you wish. The hearts can be any type of embellishment.

I also used the True Love digi stamp that Faith created in celebration of her 15th wedding anniversary. As you can tell - I LOVE purple :) I really like how this turned out. One of the gals I work with has a family wedding to go to and asked if I could make her a card. This sketch and digi just went so well together and made it seem almost effortless to create! She LOVED it and told me numerous time how beautiful it was and it made me feel great!

So......time is running out! Let's see what you can create w/this sketch.

Wednesday, August 28, 2013

At my full-time job - we had hired a recent high school grad to help us out thru summer. As this is normally our busiest time of the year.

Well, as of today, 'our' little girl is getting ready to embark on a new chapter of her life - freshman year of college :) So my fellow co-workers & I brought in all kinds of delicious treats today to celebrate and thank her for all of her help these past couple of months. She was a tremendous help to myself and our whole department. I personally made her a little care package to send her off to college. Seems how I was the one who trained her and she helped out in my area the most. As by the end of summer she became more of a like a little kid sister, or daughter to most of us 'older' ladies in the department.

I also made a card that we all signed to thank her! She is a very talented young lady, quite artistic and crafty in her own right. And she 'fell in love' with the card I had made. It made me feel so good :) We are all going to miss her - but we told her she can come back any summer, or school break she wants to help out if we needed her. She is such a sweetheart!

I really like the Hero Arts Stamp & Die set that I used. And I popped a couple of the butterflies up to give it some more depth. But I like how CAS it is too :)

Monday, August 26, 2013

We are looking to add some new members to our team. To apply simply create a new
project using a FTHS image and add your project using the link below.

The call will close on Sept. 15th. Good Luck!

We can’t wait to see your creations!

Design Team Requirements:
1) Participate in a monthly blog hop.

2) Create and post a project featuring From the Heart Stamps to your own blog
weekly, and upload the project to the FTHS blog as well. This may be combined
with the weekly sketch challenge if you wish.

3) Comment on a portion of entries in the progressive monthly challenge and the
weekly sketch challenge.

4) Commit to a six month term (October through March).Design Team Benefits:
1) Receive free digital images to work with. Designers may select 4 images of
choice from the From the Heart Stamps shop, and will also receive the
progressive monthly image. Designers will have the chance of receiving additional bonus images for
going above and beyond.

2) Receive a 50% discount on all digital products in the store.

3) Receive personal promotion on the From the Heart Stamps web page, blog and
Facebook page.

4) A bonus of one digi image of choice for winning an outside challenge or
being recognized in top 3 or 5.

5) A bonus of up to $25 if your project is published in a print magazine and
From The Heart Stamps is credited in the “products used.” The awarded amount
will depend on the size/popularity of the publication and more may be awarded if
it is a full spread article. The amount is per project published, you may be
published and awarded more than once.

I really like this image Sea Turtle Beach. This beach scene is with two sea turtle. Download includes three images-sea turtles, beach bucket, and sea turtles with beach bucket, and three bonus sentiments. Check it out now!

Here's a close up of the wonderful image! Isn't it just adorable! I am thinking of sending this one to my oldest granddaughter. I think of her as my "mini me". I think she would really like it.

DON'T FORGET -EVERYONE who enters will receive $1 to FromTheHeartStamps.com. Use it as a discount, or save them up to earn a free stamp. Faith will have a new sketch for you next week. Linky will close on Sunday at 10PM EST. Join us on Facebook and “Like” our page to see sneak peeks of the next sketch.Can't wait to see what you create!Michelle Challenges:Divas by Design ~ Cute!Challenges 4 Everybody ~ Anything GoesThe Paper Nest Dolls ~ Floral Frenzy

Sunday, June 16, 2013

I hope you all had an awesome Father's day! I got to spend some time with the great men in my life this weekend. My own father, my step father-in-law and my own son who himself is a dad to my 2 beautiful granddaughters. My husband always takes this time away for his annual fishing trip as a treat to himself. And I sent a card off the other day to my other father-in-law who lives about 3 hours from us here. I wouldn't trade any of these guys for anything - I LOVE them all!

So here are my 3 cards

My dad

who was in both the Navy & the Coast Guard ~ LOVES lighthouses. And I tried to keep this one CAS w/just the black & white.

My father-in-law

who lives up north in the woods and loves to hunt and fish. One of my most fun times spent w/him was tracking a deer.

My step father-in-law

even though he is my husbands step dad - he has spent most of his life with him. He is quite the jokester and is always picking on someone or giving you a 'hard' time about something.

So, as you can see - I am blessed to have 3 very different, but yet very special men I can call DAD :)

I have been married for 24yrs, we have 1 son, 2 granddaughters and a grandson!! Evyon (11), Isabella (7) and Noah (3). Couldn't imagine life without them! Evyon really enjoys card making for her dad when she stops by to visit. And she LOVES my Cricut! I have been scrapbooking/card making for about 11 years and I LOVE IT!! Hope you enjoy my blog & thanks for stopping by :) Michelle